A busy week TV wise and I can’t wait. The award winning documentary maker Louis Theroux is back with three new episodes with some controversy hopefully. I hope BBC’s new dinner party is good viewing but 30minutes is too short in my book but it could never match up to Channel 4’s ‘After Dark’ where a drunken Oliver Reed who arrived drunk and attempting to kiss feminist writer Kate Millett, uttering the phrase, "Give us a kiss, big tits". The BBC are the giving channel next week.
Saturday –BBC4 – Back: Flash and Blood 9pm (New Series)
The beating to death of a man in the Middle East and the disappearance of a young woman on her way home from work in Stockholm prove to be related, with Steinar Hovland leading the search for the woman. Despite having quit the force, Martin Beck is drawn into the case when he decides to help the national security police investigate a suspected terrorist. Return of the crime drama, starring Peter Haber. In Swedish, Norwegian, Arabic and English and subtitles.
Sunday – BBC2 – Louis Theroux’s Altered States 9pm (New Series)
The documentary-maker explores the changing face of US culture, beginning with a look at a movement in Portland, Oregon, that seeks to broaden how the worldviews marriage in a time of rising divorce rates, suggesting that monogamy is not essential and that polyamorous or open relationships can be equally fulfilling. However, while Louis meets many who have found happiness with multiple partners, he also discovers tales of heartbreak and jealousy.
Sunday – Channel 4 – Guy Martin: The World’s Fastest Van 9pm (New)
Guy Martin in his element taking up the challenge of transforming his transit van into a vehicle capable of racing at Germany's Nurburgring circuit and breaking the track's lap record. The project takes five months of completely overhauling the van, as well as learning every turn of the circuit's 12.9-mile course, and more than 100 turns.
Monday – BBC1 – I Escaped to the Country 3pm (New Series)
The return of the programme featuring the stories of people who bought properties they were introduced to when they appeared on Escape to the Country, beginning with Jonnie Irwin heading to the Wye Valley to meet two couples he helped find properties for.
Monday – BBC1 – Make Me A Dealer 4:30pm (New Series)
Antiques-buying challenge presented by Paul Martin in which people are shown the tricks of the trade for buying and selling collectibles, before an auction showdown. In the first edition, Don Gayle from Bolton and Clare Whittaker from Rothbury are put to the test in Gloucestershire. I was a dealer once buying and selling football programmes.
Monday – BBC2 – Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 7pm (New Series)
The return of the programme in which famous faces compete in the cross-country bargain-hunting challenge. TV presenters Denise Van Outen and Kelly Brook set out on a trip around southeast England in classic cars, receiving expert guidance from Charles Hanson and Tim Medhurst as they visit antique shops and emporiums to find items to sell at auction.
Tuesday – Channel 4 – Lego Master 8pm (New Series)
Melvin Odoom presents a fresh run of the contest to find Britain's best amateur Lego builders, as teams aged nine and up are given access to a room full of the tiny bricks. They are challenged to come up with all manner of builds to put their creativity, construction skills, and imaginations to the test. Design executive Matthew Ashton returns to assess their efforts and is joined by new regular judge, engineer Fran Scott, First the eight teams must construct 1.3m-long bridges, with no prior planning, over which Melvin will be driving a weighted remote-controlled dumper truck.
Tuesday – BBC2 – I’ll Get This 10pm (New Series)
An eclectic mix of five celebrities go out for dinner together. When they arrive at the restaurant, they must place their bankcard in the centre of the table. As the food is served and the drinks flow, they play a series of fun and revealing games, and if they win a game, they can retrieve their card. The person whose card remains at the end of the evening must pick up the bill for the whole group. Taking part in the first edition are Rylan Clark-Neal, Ed Gamble, Carol Vorderman, Ellie Taylor and Anton Du Beke.
Wednesday – Channel 4 – Grand Designs: House Of The Year 8pm (New Series)
Kevin McCloud visits homes in the running for the 2018 Royal Institute of British Architects House of the Year, including a magnificent monolithic dark-rendered block in London, a controversial, cutting-edge glass modernist building in Henley, and a north London townhouse filled with Nicaraguan mahogany.
Thursday – BBC1 – Prince, Son And Heir: Charles At 70 9pm (New Series)
Observational documentary following Prince Charles over the past 12 months, being shown to mark his 70th birthday on November 14. Filmmaker John Bridcut follows the prince at work and behind the scenes and speaks to those who know him best - the Duchess of Cornwall and Princes William and Harry - as he builds an intimate portrait of the longest-serving heir to the throne.
Thursday – Sky One – The Russell Howard Hour 10pm (New Series)
A second run of the matey comedian’s weekly show, offering his funny take on the week’s global current affairs – which at the moment means finding new ways to do comic incredulity – alongside guest performances from musicians and other stand-ups, and a sit-down interview.
Friday – Sky One – The Heist 9pm (New Series)
Ten people team up to plan and execute a raid on a cash-in-transit van, then have to hide their share of the £250,000 for two weeks from a squad of detectives. This grand-scale game show is by the team behind Channel 4’s Hunted. Just as in Hunted, the fun is in confidently asserting that you’d never be guilty of the schoolboy errors the amateur robbers make, and in relishing the showboating badinage of the hard-boiled detectives. The problem is believing any of it: a near miss near the end tonight is far too neat.
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